The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 4th December 2006

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 4th December 2006. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Old saw that's lost its cutting edge
AAcross 5:	Not easy to grasp by sailors on land
AAcross 9:	Could mean coming last, everything considered
AAcross 10:	It's used to press home the charge
AAcross 11:	Activity requiring staff for the spring
AAcross 13:	Peas and carrots are given a star
AAcross 14:	Record the range of one's voice
AAcross 17:	Reaction feared by a galley slave?
AAcross 18:	A pound's put on clerical wear
AAcross 20:	Chap seemed in trouble at his first address	MAIDENSPEECH
AAcross 23:	Remarkable way to communicate
AAcross 24:	What retiring swains are incapable of making?
AAcross 25:	Trouble for international organisation to resolve
AAcross 26:	Temporarily stop work on hedge
AAcross 26:	Temporarily stop work on hedge
DDown 2:	Naval port
DDown 3:	Travelling salesman with a bargain for a motorist?
DDown 3:	Travelling salesman with a bargain for a motorist?
DDown 4:	Supply with power?
DDown 5:	Everywhere in disarray	ALLOVERTHEPLACE
DDown 6:	Surgeon upset about cold sponge
DDown 7:	Suspend the terms of reference
DDown 8:	China's sovereign race	CROWNDERBY
DDown 12:	Freedom from marital break-up?
DDown 15:	Watershed for a traditional song?	SEASHANTY
DDown 16:	Handy thing to take up or run
DDown 19:	It works against the grain
DDown 21:	Stupid fellow caught hiding in a sand hill
DDown 22:	Joint complaint